Data were collected at a 15 year class reunion of 100 graduates of a work study program for educable mentally retarded students in the North Kansas City Public Schools. Ss were interviewed personally by one of their former teachers or the vocational adjustment coordinator. Among findings were the following: 64% had their own automobile; 56% lived…

The primary purpose was to determine the effectiveness of distributive and office education programs at the secondary level in North Carolina. The study ascertained how satisfied graduates of these two program areas were with their present jobs and how well they were performing in their jobs as perceived by their respective employers. This…

A total of 126 leaders in vocational and technical education from 44 states and the District of Columbia participated in a 3-day seminar conducted to focus attention on the concepts of evaluation and accountability in graduate programs in vocational education. Reaction panels and discussion groups were stimulated by these major presentations: (1)…

Designed to measure and compare the satisfaction and satisfactoriness of office employees eighteen months after graduation from APEX model office (a simulated training program), cooperative office education, and office procedures courses, this study also sought to determine any differences among the three programs on a number of job and…

This study solicited opinions of teachers in a postgraduate teacher education program and teacher educators at the University of the West Indies (Barbados) on program effectiveness and the importance of specific teaching skills. Eighty-two teachers and 20 faculty members participated. Results are analyzed. (Author/MT)

A study of possible disparity in attitudes and expectations between nursing educators and nurse administrators found little difference between the educational and professional groups but a significant difference between their expectations of entry level baccalaureate nurses and the nurses' performance. (Author/MSE)

Academic and general admissions data are correlated with the final grade point average and professional leadership potential of 95 graduate students. Results indicated autobiographical statements and recommendations predicted academic performance while academic skills were related to leadership success. (Author/BL)

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of observation-feedback (OF) and skill-based (SB) training methods, as well as sequences of training on the acquisition of structuring and relationship skills. Concluded that the OF-SB sequence showed significant gains in the acquisition of relationship skills. Discussed implications for the training of family…

The research capacity of agricultural education was studied from the perspective of individual institutions and the profession through data collected from agricultural education faculty, primarily department administrators, representing 12 land grant institutions. Respondents were asked to provide information regarding faculty, graduate students,…

This paper describes the intentional implementation of a program designed to enhance attitudes of social responsibility in graduate students in clinical psychology. Key factors in developing social responsibility appear to be confrontation with injustice, modeling, and self-efficacy. Teaching goals and methods for facilitating these factors are…

Discusses a follow-up study of graduates of Wisconsin's vocational, technical, and adult education system. The resulting data have been used for interpretation of program/student success, decision making, responding to labor market needs and projections, and for student recruitment. (JOW)

With the relationship between individual learning styles and the effectiveness of the experiential approach, it was hypothesized that the effectiveness of the experiential approach, as measured by student perceptions and student grades, was a function of learning style compatability. The results did not support this hypothesis. (Author)

An innovative faculty technology-training program used nine special education graduate students as technology mentors for 19 faculty members. Results of this mentorship training model indicate an increase in faculty technology integration, an increase in student technology use, and an increase in mentoring relationships between the graduate…